THE LIONESSES PLAYED BELGIUM LAST NIGHT, IN WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE AN INTENSE FIXTURE FOR THEM, WITH BELGIUM’S DE NEVE SCORING EARLY DOORS (9 MINS) AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT, AN EXCRUCIATING CLASH OF THE HEADS BETWEEN ALEX GREENWOOD (WHO HAD TO BE STRETCHERED OFF WITH CONCUSSION) AND BELGIUM’S BLOM.
BUT THE LIONESSES PICKED THEMSELVES UP, AND GOT BACK IN THE GAME, WITH SUPERB GOALS BY LUCY BRONZE AND FRAN KIRBY AT 38 AND 44 MINS RESPECTIVELY. BELGIUM’S WULLAERT (WHO, IT TURNS OUT, IS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH) DIDN’T LIKE THIS AND SCORED ANOTHER GOAL ON THE COUNTER-ATTACK, THEN TRIED AGAIN SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, BUT WITH MARY EARPS NOW WISE TO HER TALENTS, SHE WAS DENIED THE GOAL. HOWEVER, IN THE 85 MINUTE, WULLAERT HAS ANOTHER GO…
AND THIS TIME, SUCCESSFULLY SLIPS ONE PAST MARY EARPS, TO REACH THE BACK OF THE NET.
UEFA WOMEN’S NATIONS LEAGUE – BELGIUM V ENGLAND – 31/10/2023
THE GAME CULMINATED IN A 3 – 2 WIN TO BELGIUM, WHICH WAS A BIT OF A SHOCKER, AS THE LIONESSES HAVE RECENTLY BEEN MORE THAN SUCCESSFUL WHEN PLAYING AGAINST THEM, BUT THIS IS FOOTBALL, AND THIS IS WHY WE LOVE IT SO MUCH! (ALSO, TO BE ABLE TO PULL THEMSELVES TOGETHER AFTER SEEING ALEX GREENWOOD CARRIED OFF ON A STRETCHER, WITH A NECK BRACE AND FACE MASK IS NO MEAN FEAT!)
